Batting helmet

This article is about batting helmets worn in baseball and softball. For batting and fielding helmets in cricket, see helmet (cricket).
One-ear flap MLB batting helmet, 2011
Double ear flap youth batting helmet, 2015
Softball batting helmet with face mask, 2016

A batting helmet is worn by batters in the game of baseball or softball. It is meant to protect the batter's head from errant pitches thrown by the pitcher. A batter who is "hit by pitch," due to an inadvertent wild pitch or by intent, may be seriously, even fatally, injured.